The Forest Academy

PE is an essential component of our school curriculum and students are encouraged to maintain a healthy balance between their education and exercise. It also helps to provide the balance between their physical and mental health/well-being.

Our curriculum aims to develop our pupils’ physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety, and their ability to use these to perform in a wide range of activities. Indeed, we want to shape our future students into healthy active people.

It is essential to the development of motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination and good body movement to encourage and develop healthy body posture. Other benefits include:

Improved physical fitness

Regular, healthy physical activity

Self-discipline

Student responsibility for health and fitness

Pupils are taught the following skills:

EYFS (F1/2)

to move freely in a range of ways such as skipping, hopping, walking

climb equipment using alternate feet

balance

catching, throwing and kicking

jumping with control and co-ordination

KS1 (Y1/2)

basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination

participation in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending

performing dances using simple movement patterns.

KS2 (Y3-6)

running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination

to play competitive games

to develop flexibility, strength, technique and control

to perform dances using a range of movement patterns

take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team

to compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Through this skill development, our PE provision develops our pupils’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in an out of school. Our high-quality PE curriculum enables all pupils to enjoy and succeed in many kinds of physical activities. We cover a vast range of activities to ensure all pupils have the opportunity to try new activities. In PE we teach essential body management. We develop teamwork, sportsmanship and cooperation. We promote physical fitness in a fun and engaging way through the activities we offer.